Shoe.



I R. D. S. BENNETT.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19,1912.

1,085,010. Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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REUBEN DAVIDS. BENNETT, OF SPltINGEIELLD, MISSQURI.

Application filed September 19. 1912.

To aZZ whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN D. S. Bin-r0 NETT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoes, of which the followin is a specification.

My invention re ates to tires and parts associated therewith, my more particular purpose being to provide an improved form of cushion shoe forming practically a part of the tire and adapted for maintaining the firmness thereof while permitting e considerable degree of resilience in the. tire.

My invention further relates to improve ments in shoes or cushions forming parts of tires and carried thereby, for the purpose of increasing the general efhciency of such structures.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which the figure shows a cross section through a wheel rim and tire provided with my invention.

The tire casing is show at l and may he of the usual or any desired construction. it is providedwith a thread portion 2 and with flanges 3. The wheel rim is shown at 4 and carries a pair of annular flanges 5 adapted for projecting under the flanges 3 of the tire casing. An envelop 6 made of cloth lo uted inside of the uising 7, and disposed within the envelop 6 is a strip 7 oi leather, the edges of this strip being thinned of? and thus rendered comparatively sharp. Engagin this leather strip partially encirclec thereby is a cushion 8 made preferahly of rubber and provided with passages 9, 10 extending in the general direction the tire. The passages 9, 16 are of suhstsn' tially cylindrical form in cross-section, the S) being each of greater diameter in cross section than the passages in), as wili he understood from the drawing. ".ihe'cnshion 8, as seen in cross section, has a crescent 1 and v its inner surface is tion 11 of the enveiop in.

envelop is titted around the outsl strip 7 and bent inwardly to engage the in ner or concave surface of the cushion shoe.

The inner tube is shown at 12 11nd gages the portion 11 of the envelop. This envelop, including the portion 11, is meated with cement before being pieced. in position and the inner tube 12 is thus made Fest-enteri-Jant2@,l9i&

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adheres: to the cushion 8. The enveloo 6 similarly adheres to the inner surface of the casing 1 and to the outer surface of the leather strip 7.

T he casing 1 is provided with a portion 1 which is not in immediate engagement with any part of the rim or with any pert-of the cushion 8. The port-ion l of the casing has, by virtue o its freedom from engagement With other parts, as just stated, it considerable degree of resilience, which is more or less independent of any resilience due to elasticit of the cushion 8.

While the cushion 8 is preferably made of rubber, t do not wish to limit myself to the use or" this particular materiel.

The cushion 8 constructed as shove described, serves practically every purpose of acushion tire, and in addition has a remarkable degree of strength and serves to retain other parts in proper position under comparatively rough usage. Besides, the cushion holds the inner tube 12 in proper position to render effective the pressure of air within this inner tube.

Should a Wheel While in notion strike is large obstacle, thus tending to cause 2. sunl- (len jar to the vehicle, the portions 1 or the tire cesing bend or spring to a considerable extent, thus avoiding pinching or other injury to the inner tube, such as might otherwise be liable to cause the tube to burst. In

. fcdiows: ii ces'sgfiezrihle enop located the and engaging the ner surface thereof, it cushion member lo- L within said casing and having in cross section e substantially crescent form, said "iion member being provided with o pluraiity extending in the generei direction-oi length thereof, some of said passages having larger cross section then i'cieviz thus described. my invention, what i chum s new to secure h 1 toadhere to the portion 11, which in turn others, the passages of larger cross section being located com arativel'y near the casing tube located partially Within said cushion and equidistant tlerefrom, the passages of member and partially within said casing.

smaller cross section bein severally located I 1 7 w x v at varying distances fronl 'said casing, some RLUBEN ID BLNLIJ'E v of said passages of smaller cross section belVitnesses:

ing located nearer together than the pas- WM. H. JEZZARD, sages oil: larger cross sectlon, and an inner P. H. JEZZARD. 

